This weekend, on Saturday the 16th, a Christmas market will be held at Buitenveldert, and I will sell my handicrafts again there.
Since the table will be shared with other Japanese people, the size of table I can use will be small, so I will be selling fewer items than usual., but if you are interested, please come to the market and have fun.
I found an article about the Christmas market in the local newspaper ↑, so I post it for more information.
Today I sold handmade items at the winter fair at my daughter's school like last year.
People were interested in colorful Japanese-style accessories and small miniature clay items. Many children and parents stopped to look at and purchase items.
Kids seemed happy, so it was a happy day for me too.
Bunkasai (sponsored by Jacop ) was held again this year, and Coloratura sold handmade items such as miniature clay and tsumami zaiku(Japanese fabric accessories etc.) crafts.
Many organizations and vendors gathered to share and introduce Japanese things, selling Japanese food, sweets, Japanese style goods... bazaars, calligraphy, Japanese cafe, Japanese songs performed by Japanese chorus groups (I also sang it), and also water balloons (yo-yo) fishing.. and lots more.
At Coloratura, we offer miniature clay products(mainly Japanese-style items such as rice balls and Japanese sweets), Japanese-style fabrics accessories and decorations etc. , and many people were interested and purchased the goods.
We met many new customers as well as friends and acquaintances, people who had participated in my workshops before, and we had a very fun and fulfilling day. I also was able to meet other stall holders around our table. I was happy to be able to participate in this kind of event and was able to introduce Japanese-style items.
I would like to thank everyone at Jacop who hosted Bunkasai, SAKB who provided the venue, the volunteers who helped set up, and also everyone who visited there yesterday.
Coloratura offers one-day miniature clay workshops and other handcraft workshops such as Tsumamizaiki (making flower accessories or decorations using Japanese fabrics).. in Amsterdam.
Coloratura also sell handmade miniature clay goods and Japanese style goods such as accessories or ornaments made of Japanese fabrics or Origami papers ..etc. at Sunday markets, Japanese events…
Two years have passed since I came to the Netherlands. It's also been almost two years since I started miniature clay workshops from autumn 2021.
《 以下に、これまでのColoaturaの活動の一部をご紹介します。》
《 Below are some of Coloratura’s activities.》
【 イベント参加、マーケット出店(ハンドメイド品販売 ) 】 【 Participating in events・Held a stall at market (handmade goods sales) 】
✳︎ アムステルフェーンのジャパンフェスティバルにて、ミニチュア粘土や折り紙などの和風ハンドクラフトワークショップを開催 (2022年6月) ✳︎ At the Japan Festival in Amstelveen, held a Japanese-style handcraft workshop such as miniature clay, Origami etc..(June 2022)
I also held stalls at the Sunday Market in Westerpark in Amsterdam, the Open Day at the Garden Complex in Amstelveen, and the International School Fair…
In addition to the workshops planned by Coloratura, people who personally contacted me and used workshops for birthdays, children's events, adult gathering…
✳︎ お友達同士で、つまみ細工のレッスンにご参加 (2023年6月)
✳︎ Participated in Tsumami-zaiku lessons with friends (June 2023)
✳︎ アムステルダムのキッチンスタジオにて、おにぎり販売されてる傍らで、おにぎりや和菓子のミニチュア粘土ワークショップも行いました。(2023年3月) ✳︎ At the kitchen studio in Amsterdam, while selling rice balls, Coloratura held a miniature clay workshop on Japanese food(rice balls..) and Japanese sweets. (March 2023)
The weather was nice and many people visited the market yesterday.
It seems that many Japan-related markets and events are held in the Netherlands, and especially this market seems to be very popular event with a large number of visitors.
A lot of people came to my stall and my Japanese style handmade goods were by far the most popular compare with markets I have sold before. I was very busy and so excited !
Many friends and acquaintances visited my stall, and some people I had met before also came to my stall to talk to me.
I realized that I had made friends willing to help me and so many friends and acquaintances during less than two year in the Netherlands. It made me feel so happy!
The visitors to this market were Japan lovers. There were people wearing kimono, kimono-style costumes, and cosplay.
There are so many people who love Japan and such events are being held in the Netherlands. It’s so nice for us, Japanese… makes us very happy.
It was fun to have a stall at this Japanmarkt !
Thank you to everyone… friends who helped me, Siebold House who held Japanmarkt, people who came to my stall …!
On May 28th (Sun), Coloratura will sell Japanese-style handmade items at Japanmarkt, hosted by the Japan Museum Sieboldhuis in Leiden.
I have a range of Japanese-style handmade small items and accessories made of clay, as well as flower accessories using Japanese fabrics. There are also many items such as keyrings, bookmarks, magnets, boxes and ornaments for everyday use.
《Place》 Along the canal with the Japanmuseum Sieboldhuis
☆Coloratura’s stall is located between Seiboldhuis and Horus botanicus Leiden (close from the entrance of Horus botanicus Leiden).
《Date and Time》 May 28 (Sun) 12:00-17:00
If you live nearby or are interested in the Japanese market, please come and visit us.
Yesterday and the day before yesterday, Bonsai Open Day was held at “ Lodder Bonsai bv” https://lodderbonsai.nl/our-products/bonsai/?lang=en and I sold my handicrafts there.
When I went there, I was surprised to find that the scale was larger than I expected, and there were many bonsai from various countries.
Since it was an open day, there were also food stalls and various other shops.
Sushi, curry, pork cutlet sandwiches, Japanese sweets, Taiwanese tea..., Japanese-style handmade bags, sumie, Japanese paintings, sculptures, ikebana display (flower arrangement), Japanese tableware, flower pots..., and even a medaka(fish) shop…
I was surprised to know and it makes me happy that bonsai is so popular in the Netherlands !
I was very happy to be able to join such an event.
The staff of Lodder Bonsai and the other sellers were friendly, the atmosphere was great,
and I enjoyed the interaction with the people who bought from my stall and the people who talked to me while looking at my stall...
and also happy to see again with lady who had joined my workshops before…
I really had a very enjoyable time at the stall.
Thanks to the people in Lodder Bonsai for inviting me to participate in such an event! It was a great experience.
Thank you also to everyone who came to my stall.
昨日、一昨日は “Lodder Bonsai bv” にて、 Bonsai Open Day が開催され、 そちらで出店してきました。
Students and parents sold handmade sweets and various things, and it was lively event.
I also sold decorations and accessories made of clay and Japanese fabric, and to my joy, my handmade works were popular among the children.
Children and their mothers and fathers looked at my handmade goods with great interest. What I prepared for this market such as “Christmas items”, “windmill and tulips” and also Japanstyle items were popular. Many children bought them.
It was a pity that only people from this school could come to this event, but I am happy many people were interested in my goods and I had such a fun day.
I'm preparing to open a stall at my daughter's school Winter Fair next week.
Since it is before Christmas and many kids are coming, I am making Christmas-themed new items.
Tiny Christmas trees and snowmen.
I am making to imagine that it would be nice if the children look at these with their eyes shining and say "It's so tiny! So cute!"
And this time, there are many children of various nationalities, so thinking that it would be nice to have some Dutch style items and I made a windmill and tulips.
The photo frame is the same one for the workshop, but I put smaller windmill and tulips on small cases.
The miniature clay works and other items have mainly been Japanese-style, but I would be happy to expand the range of items and get more people interested.
